commit 54b9bba0082407cae6f2ed07376ef1cc8fa01d5a
from: int16h <int16h@gmail.com>
date: Sun Oct  5 18:15:28 2025 UTC

TODO: var improvements; check exit status of execve commands; etc

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 - ````getconf _NPROCESSORS_CONF```` to determine number of processors is now POSIX, use it where available (thanks to monkfish from #perl)
 - Linux: *-release handling by trying ````/etc/os-release```` for ````NAME```` and/or ````PRETTY_NAME definitions```` ([FreeDesktop::Systemd::os-release](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/os-release.html)) / monkfish
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+- don't 'use vars', prefer lexically scoped variables. where a global is genuinely needed, using 'my' in file scoope is fine (monkfish)
+- Improve variable names (monkfish)
+- chomp and readpipe in one go, e.g. chomp(my $stdout = qx{ ... }); (monkfish)
+- Check actual exit status of commands, if $? != 0 following readpipe, something went wrong. (monkfish)
+- or skip the pipe - tail and read the last line with perl (thrig)
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